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 Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:18 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:22 am
You are the apple...
I dont personally experience Bipolar Disorder or any anxiety disorder, but I know some people that do and while I may not be an expert on them, knowing people and having been studying psychology in college, I'll always be willing to try and give advice should you ever need/want any.
Also, I'm very sorry you were brought to the point of a suicide attempt. I havent suffered from depression or suicidal thoughts for many years, but I have been there and obviously its nothing close to fun. Once again, if theres any advice wanted/needed, please feel free to message me at any time about anything. I can take the psych side, the friend side, the shoulder to cry on side, whatever you want/need.
As for your actual question, you've already been in school for almost a week now, so Id imagine youve already figured that college is so much more free than high school, though it can be more work at times, obviously. It's a very liberating experience and while I havent yet lived on my own (still with my parents), I would imagine having your own dorm/place is even more so, though probably more stress with bills and such. Overall though, just get work done, find the cheapest way to pay for textbooks (such a screwed up way for the colleges to make money), and you'll be good.
All the best of luck in your first semester and I hope it goes very well for you = )
and I am your core.
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Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:40 am
I know it's been nearly a month, but I definitely want to answer this. I'm at work on my phone, so this is mostly a reminder to come back to this when I'm back on my laptop.
Until then, do you have any specific questions or concerns after your experience this month?
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:14 pm
Sorry, it's been awhile. But below are just a few things I'd like to say that I hope will help you. Also, please please please, if you ever have specific questions, you can always ask me or post and let the fine members of BURN help you out. :]
~ If you know what you want to do, that's great! If not, that's okay, too. It's okay to switch majors (more than once even); in fact, it's very common. If you discover you don't like what you thought you would, don't feel trapped. It might also be a good idea to be undeclared for a semester or two and try some different kinds of classes to discover what you enjoy learning about.
~ You'll be tempted to skip classes or skip the readings (ohgod, so much reading), but fair warning---it can bite you in the a**. Some classes are easy, some classes are hard. Sometimes you just have to prioritize. Or give up sleep.
~ If you have trouble in the beginning, especially with the first couple of tests, there is almost always time to fix it. Don't get discouraged by early disappointments.
~ Don't feel like you have to graduate in four years. Most people take five years or longer, especially if they switch majors. Pace yourself.
~ Uhm... how different from high school? It is and it isn't. It depends on your personal experience. To save money, I commuted every day instead of living in a dorm, so I missed out on a lot of campus-living experiences. It wasn't a huge shift for me. For people who live in the dorm, it is often their first taste of independence and can be a major change.
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:53 pm
Rock4ourRock You are the apple...
I dont personally experience Bipolar Disorder or any anxiety disorder, but I know some people that do and while I may not be an expert on them, knowing people and having been studying psychology in college, I'll always be willing to try and give advice should you ever need/want any.
Also, I'm very sorry you were brought to the point of a suicide attempt. I havent suffered from depression or suicidal thoughts for many years, but I have been there and obviously its nothing close to fun. Once again, if theres any advice wanted/needed, please feel free to message me at any time about anything. I can take the psych side, the friend side, the shoulder to cry on side, whatever you want/need.
As for your actual question, you've already been in school for almost a week now, so Id imagine youve already figured that college is so much more free than high school, though it can be more work at times, obviously. It's a very liberating experience and while I havent yet lived on my own (still with my parents), I would imagine having your own dorm/place is even more so, though probably more stress with bills and such. Overall though, just get work done, find the cheapest way to pay for textbooks (such a screwed up way for the colleges to make money), and you'll be good.
All the best of luck in your first semester and I hope it goes very well for you = )
and I am your core. Thank you for the reply, and sorry for responding so late. >___<
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:58 pm
Let Me Live Sorry, it's been awhile. But below are just a few things I'd like to say that I hope will help you. Also, please please please, if you ever have specific questions, you can always ask me or post and let the fine members of BURN help you out. :]
~ If you know what you want to do, that's great! If not, that's okay, too. It's okay to switch majors (more than once even); in fact, it's very common. If you discover you don't like what you thought you would, don't feel trapped. It might also be a good idea to be undeclared for a semester or two and try some different kinds of classes to discover what you enjoy learning about.
~ You'll be tempted to skip classes or skip the readings (ohgod, so much reading), but fair warning---it can bite you in the a**. Some classes are easy, some classes are hard. Sometimes you just have to prioritize. Or give up sleep.
~ If you have trouble in the beginning, especially with the first couple of tests, there is almost always time to fix it. Don't get discouraged by early disappointments.
~ Don't feel like you have to graduate in four years. Most people take five years or longer, especially if they switch majors. Pace yourself.
~ Uhm... how different from high school? It is and it isn't. It depends on your personal experience. To save money, I commuted every day instead of living in a dorm, so I missed out on a lot of campus-living experiences. It wasn't a huge shift for me. For people who live in the dorm, it is often their first taste of independence and can be a major change. Thank you for the response. > _< College has kinda been going terrible for me. My anxiety is up high, and I've relapsed quite a few times in the last month. :/ I'm kinda being silly and putting education before my mental health, simply because I can't afford to pay for classes I lose credit for because of absences. I'm pretty confident with my decision on social work/ social psychology but I understand that it's possible my mind will change. I've decided to cut down to part time next semester. to make my anxiety more manageable with it. I dropped my fourth class, and am now going for like 11 credit hours instead of 14. I don't like on campus, and I feel like it's different than high school but it really depends on the professor.
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Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:42 am
Potato Goddess Thank you for the response. > _< College has kinda been going terrible for me. My anxiety is up high, and I've relapsed quite a few times in the last month. :/ I'm kinda being silly and putting education before my mental health, simply because I can't afford to pay for classes I lose credit for because of absences. I'm pretty confident with my decision on social work/ social psychology but I understand that it's possible my mind will change. I've decided to cut down to part time next semester. to make my anxiety more manageable with it. I dropped my fourth class, and am now going for like 11 credit hours instead of 14. I don't like on campus, and I feel like it's different than high school but it really depends on the professor.
It's good that you dropped a class; 11 hours sounds much more reasonable. The most I did was 17 credit hours, and it was horrible. Definitely stick with something lower.
Also, I found it helped if I could arrange my schedule so that I had one or two days off every week to focus on homework. I mean, pick only MWF classes or even TTh ones if you can. I didn't do that until the later years and wished I'd started earlier.
Make sure you understand how your prof. handles absences for each class. Some have it written in the syllabus that they will drop you a full letter grade if you miss, for example, three or more classes.
Anyways, good luck! Again, I'm here. :] Hopefully lessons I learned from my experience can help you with yours.
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